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Donald Trump has so far failed to deliver for the Republican PartyCredit:
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America has seen and survived presidents who defended the institution of slavery, who were drunks, who womanised, who were mentally ill, who bought or cheated their way into office, who lied about their health, who dodged military service, and even one who was forced to resign in ignominy. Not one managed to produce a crisis that the constitution could not overcome. America is a nation of behemoth proportions; physically and psychologically, the country is a colossus whose momentum is difficult to impede. America will go on. The Republican Party may not.

Six months into the Trump presidency, the sky has not fallen. Neither has anything been accomplished. Many moderate Republicans, including this...